Introducing Blackberry Pushcast Software

In 2008 RIM acquired company named Chalk Media, that gave them the ability to push rich media to corporate users over the air. This was called Chalk Pushcast Software, RIM recently announced that that have re-branded it to Blackberry Pushcast Software. They have also included what seems to be a complete make over of features that will prove to be more productive for everyone. The Blackberry Pushcast Software allows companies to train employees like they never have before, by streaming rich media like videos, power point presentations, and documents. This means that Administration can train people on their devices on the go where ever they are. It also works on the PlayBook; which by design is perfect for this.

Email notifications for new content on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry® Device Software 4.6 or later

On BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 6 or later, a new content indicator will also appear in the notification area on the Home screen

Users can zoom in to and out from content on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 6 or later

BlackBerry Pushcast content is stored as a single file on the BlackBerry smartphone

The BlackBerry smartphone automatically stops downloading content when a data connection is not available or when a call is received. The BlackBerry smartphone should automatically resume downloading the content when the connection is restored or when the call ends.

BlackBerry Pushcast Console

New help documentation that eliminates the need for administrator guides

H.264 AAC video can be used as a source format for content

Delivery reports now indicate the reasons for pauses in content delivery

Windows Server® 2008 64-bit support

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 64-bit support

BlackBerry® Pushcast™ Plug-in for Microsoft® PowerPoint®

Preview option in the BlackBerry Pushcast Plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint can be used to see how the content will look on various BlackBerry smartphone models before publishing the content

Video content can be published in H.264 AAC format

BlackBerry® Pushcast™ Software installation process

A new, simplified installation process

Three-tier installation support, which allows the Blackberry Pushcast Software installation to be split across three servers: a web server, services server, and database server